Hardship and Happiness (Ad Marciam De consolatione, Ad Helviam matrem De consolatione, De Consolatione ad Polybium, De Brevitate Vitæ, De Constantia Sapientis, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Otio, De Vita Beata, De Providentia)

by Seneca

you see those men who praise eloquence, who pursue wealth, who fawn over favor, who exalt power? Everyone either is their enemy or, which amounts to the same thing, could be their enemy: as many as are in awe of them resent them. Why should I not rather seek out something that is good in practice—something I can feel, rather than display? Those

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